26JanThe Music of the PrimesInthe tradition of Fermat’s Enigma and Pi, Marcus du Sautoy tells the illuminating, authoritative, and engagingstory of Bernhard Reimann and the ongoing quest tocapture the holy grail of mathematics—the formula to predict prime numbers.The Music of the Primes My rating 8/10Written by Marcus du Sautoy Released in 2003#mathematics#history 11:47 (+0100) Loading CommentsPermalink
27NovGödel, Escher, BachA metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis CarrollGödel, Escher, BachWritten by Douglas R. Hofstadter Released in 1979#philosophy#mathematics#ai 15:34 (+0100) Loading CommentsPermalink
23JulThe Man Who Knew InfinityA book that inspired a movie of the same title. Don't get scared of mathematical formulas, the author explains in the easiest ways some of the theories Ramanujan was working on.The Man Who Knew Infinity My rating 8.5/10Written by Robert Kanigel Released in 1991#biography#mathematics 12:58 (+0200) Loading CommentsPermalink